Long time no see, eh? Well, I've returned and I have a chapter for all of you readers!

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Azure sat up when Paewa lumbered back into the cave. She had a small piece of wood with some berries on top. Paewa dipped her head and laid the wood on the floor in front of Azure, and nudged it forward towards the girl.

"Eat up kid." She said, walking away. Azure picked up a berry and popped it in her mouth. Then, Paewa turned and dropped something at Azure's feet.

"I found this, thought you might like it." Paewa stated, before she went over to her corner and fell asleep. Azure cautiously picked it up and brushed it off. It was a small oval shaped mirror, that fit her palms. She looked it over, her reflection staring her back. Suddenly it flickered. Azure almost dropped it, but she kept her grip. The image shifted and Azure saw herself. Her younger self. She stood next to Elphaba, holding a trophy. Her face was grease-smudged, and she had a bright smile on her face. Dirty blonde hair in a ponytail drifted over her shoulder. Azure remembered that day, she won the invention fair that Shiz held annually. Her bright blue eyes shimmered with excitement and their trademark genius gleam.

Then the picture changed again, and Azure saw her reflection. Her cheeks were red and tear stained. Azure's light brown hair was a mess, tangled and sticking up at odd angles. The worst thing was her eyes. They were dull and empty. Azure studied her appearance for a few moments, and she began to sing softly.

"I pirouette in the dark

I see the stars through me

Tired mechanical heart

Beats 'till the song disappears.

Somebody shine a light

I'm frozen by the fear in me."

Those lyrics were completely true. She was so scared of hurting her friends, she abandoned them completely. That's not what friends do. She regretted it, but she couldn't go back. Could she?

"Somebody make me feel alive and shatter me.

Cut me from the line

Dizzy spinning endlessly

Somebody make me feel alive and shatter me."

Everything she experienced lately was the same. A death of someone who cared for her, Azure isolating herself, and leaving everything else.

"Not anymore." She growled. Placing the mirror in her tool belt, Azure stood up and walked out into the bright sunlight. She walked over to the stream and dunked her hands in. Water cupped in her hands, she splashed her face with the ice cold water and rubbed it with her hands. Azure then fixed her hair into a ponytail of light brown. After she finished, she pulled the mirror out again. Azure was delighted with the sight. She looked much better. Blue fire was alight in her eyes.

"You want me Otto? Come get me! I'm ready to avenge my mother" The girl shouted at the top of her lungs.

Azure plunged a hand into her tool belt and felt around for her hover board. Slim fingers curled around the metal square and she pulled it out of her belt. It was flung at the ground and expanded into it's full form. She jumped onto it and flew straight up. Looking around, she decided she was in the east Gillikin.

"Never underestimate Azure Maddox." She snarled before she took off southwest, towards the Emerald City where her father hid.

"Good luck kid. You're gonna need it." Paewa smiled, watching the blue-eyed girl fly off, before becoming a speck in the clouds.

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Song used: "Shatter Me" by Lindsey Sterling and Lzzy Hale. Check it out it's AWESOME!